February 22, 2018
The last few days have brought snow to the Portland area and I could not help but be reminded of lace and tatting during my walks in this winter wonderland. (And walks they were – could not drive our road for 2 days because of the ice.)
Maybe it’s not drawing, painting or sculpting but tatting is certainly a serious craft that requires skills, and an eye, and serious spatial reasoning to devise new patterns.
I will let the pictures speak for themselves, then. The ones taken from a catalogue of the Lacis museum and those in a link to an exhibit about lace in fashion.
The rest are the icy patterns that surrounded me this week. I hope they delight your eyes as much as they did mine – minus the cold hands and the wet feet.
http://lacismuseum.org/exhibit/Tatting/SlideShow/
LACE IN FASHION EXHIBITION- THE FASHION MUSEUM BATH
Deb Meyer
We returned from Mexico with 85 degrees and sun everyday to this wintry Portland weather, my Hellebores are not happy campers in my garden right now!
Martha Ullman West
These are absolutely beautiful photographs and I thank you profoundly for reminding me of a happy trip with my friend Philomena that included a visit to the Fashion Museum in Bath. Philomena, who died recently, also tatted, a laborious craft indeed. I have a Christmas tree ornament she made and I think it took her close to a month.